With Kirsty ill in bed, Ed and I spent most of the day birding in a couple of short sessions. First up was a trip with all the family to Vejbystrand; at home we had not realised that a vicious westerly was blowing but it was more than obvious on arrival. So whilst the kids played we sheltered behind a restaurant and did a little seawatch. Highlights included flyby peregrine (1), black-throated diver (1), guillemot (2) and way over towards Kullen we could see three foraging gannets. The beach had a single redshank and was still holding teal (10) and wigeon (50).
Packing the kids off home we headed next to Kattvik to pick up anything storm-blown. We got lucky with a superb little auk, just offshore. Also here we had Slavonian grebe (1), red-necked grebe (1), coot (1), common scoter (110 - loafing offshore), eider (45 - ditto), guillemot (3) and razorbill (1). Unusual to see sea-duck feeding here.
After lunch we headed out again to look for great grey shrikes and we found two eventually between Grevie and Älemossen. Also two mistle thrushes on the route. Our last stop of the day was a quick look at a frozen Klarningen. A load of crows went up in a panic and Ed picked up a hunting goshawk chasing down a jackdaw. Superb! Just as the jackdaw looked a goner, a gang of hooded crows attacked the goshawk and it broke off the chase. Honour amongst thieves? Great end to a surprisingly good day.
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